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Letter from A.J. Erdman to Samuel Kern. Mr. Erdman is catching up on his correspondence, he fell behind due to harsh winter.

Letter from A.J. Erdman to Samuel Kern. Mr. Erdman is catching up on his correspondence, he fell behind due to harsh winter.

Seigersville Feb. 26, 1885
Mr. Samuel Kern
My dear friend
Your letter of the 31st Jan as have and fully appreciated. I acknowledge fully. That
attention should have news given your letter in this but let me explain first, before
condemning me. I have been very busy right along and suffer a good deal from the
extreme cold weather we experience all winter, so you may well imagine how I felt in the
evening after a days exposure I neglected all my correspondence for some weeks. But am
now replying filling up the gap.
Well here we go 1st of all I am found to see you take a much interest in your studies and
are satisfied that a rehearsal at the end will fully compensate you & your satisfaction.
That the time was well spent. While above your door. Perseverance and let that be your
motto and the end will I am sure most gratifying.
News is scares and of no importance. Your parents are all well, as is the old pioneer
Grand Pa & family. Coslander Hendrichks I understand got his hind part of the b

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Seigersville Feb. 26, 1885
Mr. Samuel Kern
My dear friend
Your letter of the 31st Jan as have and fully appreciated. I acknowledge fully. That
attention should have news given your letter in this but let me explain first, before
condemning me. I have been very busy right along and suffer a good deal from the
extreme cold weather we experience all winter, so you may well imagine how I felt in the
evening after a days exposure I neglected all my correspondence for some weeks. But am
now replying filling up the gap.
Well here we go 1st of all I am found to see you take a much interest in your studies and
are satisfied that a rehearsal at the end will fully compensate you & your satisfaction.
That the time was well spent. While above your door. Perseverance and let that be your
motto and the end will I am sure most gratifying.
News is scares and of no importance. Your parents are all well, as is the old pioneer
Grand Pa & family. Coslander Hendrichks I understand got his hind part of the b

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Full Text

Seigersville Feb. 26, 1885
Mr. Samuel Kern
My dear friend
Your letter of the 31st Jan as have and fully appreciated. I acknowledge fully. That
attention should have news given your letter in this but let me explain first, before
condemning me. I have been very busy right along and suffer a good deal from the
extreme cold weather we experience all winter, so you may well imagine how I felt in the
evening after a days exposure I neglected all my correspondence for some weeks. But am
now replying filling up the gap.
Well here we go 1st of all I am found to see you take a much interest in your studies and
are satisfied that a rehearsal at the end will fully compensate you & your satisfaction.
That the time was well spent. While above your door. Perseverance and let that be your
motto and the end will I am sure most gratifying.
News is scares and of no importance. Your parents are all well, as is the old pioneer
Grand Pa & family. Coslander Hendrichks I understand got his hind part of the b